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1,652 results for: Ants

  1. Anthropology

    Bronze Age herders spread farming around Asia

    Ancient seeds indicate that Central Asian animal raisers had an unappreciated impact on early agriculture.

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  2. Animals

    How weaver ants get a grip

    Strong sticking power and quick reaction time help the insects stay put in trees.

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  3. Ecosystems

    New Yorkers should relax about new roach species

    Japanese roaches may be able to survive in the cold, but the added competition and their decreased allergic potential may mean the roaches’ arrival isn’t all bad.

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  4. Archaeology

    Roman gladiator school digitally rebuilt

    Imaging techniques unveil a 1,900-year-old Roman gladiators’ training center that’s buried beneath a site in Austria.

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  5. Archaeology

    Early shrine unearthed at Nepal Buddhist site

    Ritual structure could help pin down when the sage known as the Buddha lived in South Asia.

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  6. Animals

    Winter road salting reshapes next summer’s butterflies

    Winter road salt treatments boost sodium in roadside plants and alter development for monarch butterflies.

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  7. Life

    Ants’ hive mind

    The insects make better decisions collectively than when on their own.

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  8. Animals

    Unusual new species names of 2013

    Here are five species with tongue-twister titles.

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  9. Earth

    Letters to the editor

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  10. Tech

    Termite-inspired robots build structures without central command

    Simple guidelines keep machines hauling and placing bricks.

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  11. Animals

    A year of rediscovered species

    Thousands of species go extinct each year, but at least a few are found after many years of being lost.

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  12. Physics

    Highlights from the American Physical Society meeting

    Highlights from the March meeting, held in Baltimore on March 18-22, 2013, include how fire ants need a little water to dig deep, what makes trees scream and a tiny crystal that can squeeze through an even tinier tube.

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